Dead Space

Dead Space (comics)
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Dead Space |

Dead Space #1 (Mar 2008). Pencils, inks and colors by Ben Templesmith. |
Publication information |
Publisher | Image Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | Gothic science fiction |
Publication date | March 2008 - present |
Number of issues | 7 |Creative team |
Writer(s) | Antony Johnston |
Artist(s) | Ben Templesmith |
Dead Space is a 2008 comic book prequel to the game Dead Space: Extraction and to the film Dead Space: Downfall. The video game Dead Space continues where the film ended. It is published by Image Comics and is written by Antony Johnston,[1] who also wrote the game's dialogue, with art by Ben Templesmith. An animatedversion of the comic was available to download via Xbox Live, PSN and various game review sites such as Gametrailers.com in summer 2008. The animated version is also available as bonus material in Dead Space: Extraction.
Contents * 1 Backstory * 1.1 Introduction (Issue Zero) * 1.2 Issue One * 1.3 Issue Two * 1.4 Issue Three * 1.5 Issue Four * 1.6 Issue Five * 1.7Issue Six * 1.8 Dead Space: Extraction * 2 Characters * 2.1 Major characters * 2.2 Minor characters * 3 Notes * 4 References |
Backstory
In the distant future, humanity has colonized worlds beyond Earth's solar system. Two-hundred years prior, a man named Michael Altman discovered an artifact of unknown origin (known as "the marker") which led him to begin a new religion -Unitology - that supposedly taught the truth about human existence. Altman was later killed, allegedly by the government, in an attempt to silence the truth - however, the veracity of this account has yet to be confirmed. In present time, a new marker has been discovered on another colony and strange things have been happening amongst the colonists. The comics start off with Neumann making avideo log about what happens in the comic, but the comic drifts away from Neumann's point of view occasionally and feature events that Neumann is not present at.[2]
Introduction (Issue Zero)
This issue is only available as an animated comic and is not available in print like the rest of the issues.
Sergeant Abraham Neumann and Detective Vera Cortez, operatives from Planetside Security (P-SEC), areinvestigating a local disturbance at Apartment 23 Row D4 B Block, inhabited by a surveyor named Lisa and her husband Tom who works at the morgue. Neumann attempts to open the door and discovers the pad is inactive. He contacts Marla at P-SEC who unlocks the door from her end. Neumann and Cortez enter the room, which "stinks" according to Cortez, and find blood stains on the wall and floor. Neumannnotes that this incident would be the 32nd assault in the past week, as opposed to three since the colony started. Cortez finds Lisa's mangled body, which to her shock - moves. She calls Marla to request a trauma team. Without warning, Lisa's writhing and growling corpse impales Cortez in the shoulder, while Neumann fires his weapon and calls for backup. After being thrown to the ground, Neumannfinds a tazer which he then uses to shock Lisa. As operatives Jones and McCabe arrive, Lisa's zombified body jumps through the wall. Neumann notes that it might be a long day.
Issue One
Chapter One begins with a very bloody Sergeant Abraham Neumann from P-SEC making a security log, with blood on the walls all around him. He says that if a planetside survivor finds the security log, they aredoomed, and should not bother to escape. He warns that if anyone finds the log, they are to order the colony be nuked, so "humanity doesn't suffer the same fate."
Back at P-SEC five weeks prior, Marla is invited on a date by Neumann when she sees a video feed from Jen Barrows' dig team showing an unknown, double helix-shaped structure covered with red symbols. Marla patches the feed to the P-SEC...